Repudiate
[rɪ'pjuːdɪeɪt] or [rɪ'pjudɪet]
Definition
(verb.) refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; 'The woman repudiated the divorce settlement'.
(verb.) reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; 'She repudiated the accusations'.
(verb.) refuse to recognize or pay; 'repudiate a debt'.
Inputed by Katrina--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.
(v. t.) To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry.
(v. t.) To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.
Typist: Louis
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Discard, reject, renounce, cast off.[2]. Divorce, put away.[3]. [Modern.] Disown (debts), disclaim, refuse to pay.
Editor: Rufus
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Disavow, disown, discard, castoff, abjure, renounce, disclaim, divorce
ANT:Avow, own, vindicate, assert, retain, vaunt, claim, profess, recognize,acknowledge, accept
Inputed by Gustav
Definition
v.t. to reject: to disclaim as liability for debt: to disavow: to divorce.—adj. Repū′diable that may be repudiated: fit to be rejected.—ns. Repudiā′tion the act of repudiating: rejection: an unprincipled method for the extinction of a debt by simply refusing to acknowledge the obligation: the state of being repudiated; Repudiā′tionist; Repū′diātor.
Checked by Kenneth
Examples
- No; I repudiate the title! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I repudiate it with disdain--with indignation. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I repudiate, for the moment, my politeness, and say, Lies, lies, lies. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- If fate would carry off in death or downfall all those who were timed to go, why need she trouble, why repudiate any further. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I repudiate that qualification,' said Mr. Snodgrass, whose thoughts were fast reverting to Emily Wardle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And, unlike the American colonists, who simply repudiated a king, the French, following in the footsteps of the English revolution, beheaded one. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He may, in effect, have repudiated his connections, proudly, impatiently, sarcastically (I make the concession of both words); but he has them. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The idea of attributing great successes to genius has always been repudiated by Edison, as evidenced by his historic remark that Genius is 1 per cent. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I informed him that the general superintendent had told me to break in and send the despatch, but the general superintendent then and there repudiated the whole thing. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I could never face you nor any other honest person if I repudiated my promise to Mr. Clayton. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But, here Miss Bella repudiated, and said quietly, 'I can speak for myself; you know, ma. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He then repudiated the contract with the Automatic Telegraph people, and they never received a cent for their wires or patents, and I lost three years of very hard labor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- One or another on 'em,' said the turnkey, repudiating beforehand the refusal of all his suggestions. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Nietzsche repudiates the usual conception of morality, which he calls slave-morality, in favor of a morality of masters. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- That mother repudiates them, and demands of Mr George Sampson, as a youth of honour, what he WOULD have? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Moll